NO LAND Mariannita Luzzati & Marcelo Bratke

From April 10 to May 14, the Brasilea Foundation presents "No Land" a mega installation which presents paintings, prints, videos and musical performances that revolve around the Cinemúsica project, conceived by Brazilian visual artist Mariannita Luzzati to bring music and art to Brazilian prisons through multimedia concerts with acclaimed Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke.

In the multimedia musical performances at Brasilea Foundation the film/scenario designed by Luzzati that accompanies the pianist will take the audience on an imaginary journey through music and images inspired by the Brazilian nature in exactly the same way they were presented at Brazilian prisons. During the performance Bratke plays the works by Heitor Villa-Lobos and other Brazilian composers who were inspired by nature. This unusual project was performed in 10 high security prisons of the state of São Paulo and resulted in a wonderful documentary film, full of passion and emotions. The documentary "Cinemúsica " was shown at many international festivals including: Festival of the World in London Southbank, Sarajevo Winter Festival , Performing the World in New York , and the Museum of Image and Sound in São Paulo , among others. The concert "Cinemúsica" has been performed in more than 50 concert halls and museums in Brazil, England, Bosnia, Germany and the United States.

" Cinemúsica" won an award at the Sarajevo Winter Festival in 2014.

This is the first time that "Cinemúsica" will be presented and performed in Switzerland .

The Brasilea Foundation will host during this period the exhibition "No Land " with paintings and prints by Mariannita Luzzati. These works will be in constant dialogue with the video installations and the scenarios used in the concerts "Cinemúsica" as well as the documentary on the project conceived and directed by Luzzati .

About Mariannita Luzzati

Mariannita explores in her works the subject of nullifying traces of civilizations in order to restore primary conditions of the landscape in their places of origin. In this new series the paintings have as their point of departure photographs of the landscapes of Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and Santos.

The apparent emptiness evoked by the images recreates the original natural condition of these environments placing the viewer in a state of reflection and contemplation

Mariannita Luzzati was recently one of the artists invited to participate in the exhibition "Women Artists and Brazilian" held at the Presidential Palace in Brasilia in honor of President Dilma Rousseff .

Luzzati participated in exhibitions in major museums and institutions in Brazil and abroad, such as the International Biennial of São Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo, Museum of Art Modern Rio de Janeiro, Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Museum of Contemporary Art in Curitiba, Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, Iberê Camargo Foundation in Porto Alegre, Museu Vale in Vitória, National Museum of Buenos Aires , Museum of London, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt in Berlin , Maison Saint Gilles in Brussels, among others .

Her works also are part of important public and corporate collections in Brazil and abroad such as: Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts in Tokyo, Fundação Itaú Cultural in São Paulo, Fundação Biblioteca Nacional in Rio de Janeiro, Fundação Cultural de Curitiba, Fundação Padre Anchieta - TV Cultura in São Paulo, Museu de Arte de Brasília, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Contemporânea Dragão do Mar in Fortaleza, Fundação Iberê Camargo in Porto Alegre, Musei Civici di Lecco and MIDA in Scontrone, Italy; The British Museum, University of Essex/Colchester-England, Accenture, Couldert Brothers, Credit Suisse, First Boston, Halifax , Herbert Smith plc, Rexam plc (London) Usiminas (Minas Gerais) Teodore Goddard (Jersey) and Pearson plc (New York) among others .

"One of the greatest painters in Brazil" wrote Maria Hirszman for the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo.

"She is a fine painter of landscape and mood, making big abstracted images of subtle colour packed with essence and atmosphere” Andrew Lambirth The Spectator

About Marcelo Bratke

Recently acclaimed by The New York Times for his performance of Villa- Lobos at Carnegie Hall, Bratke has frequently performed at the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Salzburg Festival and Suntory Hall in Tokyo, among many others.

Marcelo Bratke is the founder of Camerata Brazil, an orchestra formed by young musicians that come from the underprivileged areas of Brazilian society with which he performed more than 200 concerts in Brazil and abroad. He is currently engaged in the “Villa-Lobos Worldwide Project”, an international campaign designed to promote the music of Villa-Lobos which includes the recording of his complete solo piano works in a collection of eight CDs, by Quartz, as well as concerts in Europe, the US and Asia, a weekly radio program about Villa-Lobos at Cultura FM and the production of a TV documentary about the composer.

He studied at the Julliard School of Music in New York. Featured among his many awards are: First Prize at Tradate International Music Competition in Italy, Revelation Prize of the São Paulo Art Critics’ Association, Carlos Gomes Award in Brazil, Classical Discoveries Award in the UK, Brazil in Germany 2006 Award, The 14th Brazilian International Press Award and Sarajevo Winetr Festival Award 2014.

His CD Le Groupe des Six was voted by Gramophone Magazine as one of the greatest classical recordings of all time.

…“Villa-Lobos, played by Mr. Bratke at the start, was best of all, offering hints of wildness, yet with elegant construction, subtle rhythmic dislocations and shining piano colors”…”Mr. Bratke is a fine and flexible pianist, perfectly happy either to play Bach or to plunge into the popular music he set next to it” wrote Bernard Holland for The New York Times

Marcelo Bratke will perform at the Brasilea Foundation at the Vernissage of the exhibition on April 10 at 6:45pm and on May the 14th there will be a performance at the Finissage for special guests.

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Exhibition

Cybèle Varela: Tropicalismo Remixed is the first retrospective in Europe to be devoted to Brazilian artist Cybèle Varela (b. 1943, Petrópolis), one of the key figures of the Brazilian Pop Art and Tropicalismo movements.

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The obvious way of tackling a problem very seldom turns out to have been the right way. It is true that the human mind does respond to facts and figures, but it needs more than bald statements to stimulate the imagination and to generate an emotional response.

The brazil-swiss artist Orlando Geremia Schüpbach stops at Brasilea Foundation, to transform an entire floor into an authentic favela. It fits perfectly into the concept of the young institution in Basel's port.

For the first time the Brasilea Foundation will show a retrospective of the very well known brazilian artist Carlos Bracher.
After exhibitions in Moscow, Bruges, Luxembourg, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt it's at the same time the very first one in the countrey of his ancestors.

The Brasilea Foundation has the pleasure of inviting you and your friends to the opening of the exhibition on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 18 pm, Caipirinha and brazilian snacks!
Manfredo de Souzanetto is present.

Anja Ganster - Deslocamento
The Brasilea Foundation has the pleasure of inviting you and your friends to the opening of the exhibition on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 18:45 pm, Caipirinha and brazilian snacks!
Anja Ganster is present.

The concept of the presented exhibition Brazilian coevals is based on a contrasting juxtaposition of two art collections. Firstly, the original one, which was purchased by the founder Walter Wüthrich and contains a selection of his personal collectibles as in particular the paintings of Franz Josef Widmar. Secondly, a compilation of contemporary art, that could be acquired within the last decade.

From 21 January until 3 March, the Brasilea Foundation will be presenting works by the Brazilian artist Claudia Jaguaribe. Born in Rio de Janeiro and resident in São Paulo since the 1990s, her works have been shaped by the influences of the urban metropolises on the rural environment. Heavily influenced by the current socio-political issues of our era, the dichotomy between urbanity and nature is reflected in her works.

The exhibition "Bale brut et les Jeux Olympiques" is a joint project of the Brasilea Foundation and the Creative Workshop Bürgerspital Basel which takes place on the occasion of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Artists from the Creative Workshop in Basel will present drawings, paintings, objects and sculptures that have emerged from their month-long intensive focus on Brazil.
The supervised work in the Creative Workshop offers artists the opportunity to develop their artistic language continuously and enables them to realize their potentials freely and without interference according to their individual talents.
Their genuine creations give an imaginative impulse in the context of contemporary art.

We are delighted to inform you about the first traveling exhibition of Brasilea.
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On 22 September 2016, the Brasilea Foundation opens the exhibition of the Brazilian artist "Armarinhos Teixeira" who was born and raised in São Paulo. His art is deeply rooted and characterized by this huge metropolis; He is a true child of his everyday surroundings amid the construction industry and he uses raw materials from industrial production, such as nylon, leather cords, steel cords and polyester.

The Brasilea Foundation exhibits works by the Brazilian artist Christina Oiticica from 26 January to 16 March 2017. Christina Oiticica is known worldwide for her eco art works. Canvases painted with acrylic paints find their completion not until they have been exposed to nature. Most of the works remain left to natural forces for a specific while, often dug in and dug out by the artist herself with bare hands. The result is always a surprise. To take the work back from nature again is always a happening and associated with great emotions for Christina Oiticica.

Cybèle Varela: Tropicalismo Remixed is the first retrospective in Europe to be devoted to Brazilian artist Cybèle Varela (b. 1943, Petrópolis), one of the key figures of the Brazilian Pop Art and Tropicalismo movements.